Affiliate Registered Nurse (Reno)

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte•Reno, NV

4h•Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves a variety of nursing duties, including overseeing non-licensed staff, patient triage, and providing direct patient care in reproductive health and primary care settings. Specific duties include preparing patients for procedures, administering medications, monitoring post-operative patients, and providing education on contraception and STI screening. The role also encompasses centralized follow-up for lab reports and triage services via phone and patient portal.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited Nursing Program
Current NV State RN license
Current BLS Certificate
Current ACLS Certificate
Current experience using computer and mouse
Experience using a Microsoft Windows based program and willing to learn new computer skills
Willingness to work flexible hours and locations
Strong customer service orientation
Ability to communicate effectively

Responsibilities

Assuring non-licensed staff are qualified in performing back office/lab skills and achieve core competency levels on an annual basis.
Providing input for the medical component of the non-licensed staff performance reviews.
Overseeing patient triage for medical problems and acute versus routine appointments for both reproductive health and primary care patients.
Working with Center Manager or designee to facilitate flow and triage.
Contributing to achieving health center productivity goals.
Demonstrating PPMM customer service standards.
Preparing recovery room for all in clinic abortion services.
Preparing pre-operative medications.
Assessing post-operative patients for pain and bleeding control and early detection of complications.
Overseeing HSS functions: vital signs, post-operative instructions, education of patient identified birth control method.
Providing intraoperative sedation medication and patient monitoring.
Providing post-operative medications.
Maintaining and ensuring emergency cart and equipment are stocked and current.
Following standardized procedures for hormonal contraception, Emergency Contraception (EC), and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) screening patient visits.
Providing patient education, counseling, lab work and ultrasound for medication abortions.
Providing immunizations per approved guidelines and standardized procedures, such as HPV vaccination.
Accepting and signing-off GC/CT, pap and other designated lab reports from clinician’s PAQ.
Evaluating and developing plan for follow up.
Referring paps/other labs that are outside the scope of CFU RN to the health centers’ clinicians.
Verifying that all lab reports are handled appropriately and within the appropriate time frame.
Providing advice/triage services to both reproductive health and primary care patients.
Identifying medical urgency and scheduling appointments with the health centers.
Answering all calls placed in queue by Response Center as outlined in the Triage Policy.
Responding to patient emails through the Patient Portal in HER.